Harlequins 47 Connacht 8: Comforts of home are all that matter to Harlequins

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Marler, the Harlequins prop, proved a handful for Connacht at the StoopTom Shaw/Getty

Mark Baldwin

Published at 12:01AM, January 14 2013

Four years on from their only previous Heineken Cup quarter-final, Harlequins
are so determined to atone for the blackest day in their history that they
have resisted temptations to switch their home tie in the last eight to
Twickenham, a match they earned with Saturday’s victory over a spirited but
outgunned Connacht.

Ugo Monye’s 80th try for Harlequins, 64 minutes into his 200th appearance for
the club, made sure of the bonus point win that insures against any reverse
in Biarritz in Friday’s final group game, but on present form the English
champions look capable of carrying all before them